Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have been an NCAA Division I college basketball player, a Citadel cadet, and undercover narcotics investigator, a SWAT Team Hostage Negotiator, a high school basketball coach, a business owner, and most recently, a cancer warrior. Our family currently resides in Colorado with their daughter and Wheaten Terrier, Maggie. In 2019, I started the website, Motivational Check to help others find and lead their uncommon and extraordinary lives.
I’ve written four other books, but none of them have been published.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Sustainable Excellence, Ten Principles to Leading Your Uncommon and Extraordinary Life. I was inspired to write the book based on a LinkedIn connection I had from a recent college graduate. He wanted to know what I thought were the most important things he should spend his time on in order to live his best life. After giving it some thought, I started to list the things I felt were important. Eventually, I had a list of ten principles and I was able to use my diverse background to give examples of how those principles played out in my life. I believe this book would be beneficial for any young person trying to determine their purpose in the world or anyone who is at a crossroads where to head next with their life.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to write at night. It is a time when the world (and the house) is quiet. The peace of those calm quiet nights really inspires my creative juices.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love reading non-fiction, mostly biographies. I enjoy trying to understand what makes famous people tick. I have enjoyed David McCullough’s biographies of Harry Truman and John Adams. I also enjoyed Walter Isaacson’s biography of Henry Kissinger. Probably the book that has most influenced my life was a book I read in eighth grade titled, They Call Me Coach by John Wooden.
What are you working on now?
I’m working on a sequel to Sustainable Excellence. Right now it is titled Sustainable Excellence II.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
https://kindlepreneur.com/list-sites-promote-free-amazon-books/
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Lead with your heart. Listen more than you talk and try to listen from a position of understanding instead of responding. Be curious. I love trying to understand and get to know people of differing backgrounds. People fascinate me. Take the time to get out of your way and learn about others. It is the only way you can grow as a person.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
There is a reason God gave you two ears and one mouth.
What are you reading now?
Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Team of Rivals.
What’s next for you as a writer?
To market Sustainable Excellence as it nears its launch date in late October 2020 and to continue writing Sustainable Excellence II.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
The Bible, as many biographies as I could carry and a book on how to use native island vegetation to make a seaworthy raft.
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